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TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY P. 10M. GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET VoTmnt tf fcsw Crop Eu Iti Effect on Wheat WEAKNESS RULES IN LEADING CEREAL weet Sow Grali-Ttri Holda Flram, Ikcwlic Sllkt Gala at Session's Close. OMAHA. July 7, 1908. After starling rak on farther Belling Against free acceptances In the southwest, tha market steadied somewhat on covering by ahorta, only to weaken again and close lower. Eat I males of sales oy the country laat night ran aa high aa I.OOO.OOO bushels, mostly No. 2 red. The hard wheat haa not yet started spring wheat tha whole, and weather la fine. Indlcatlona are for higher temperature and continued near conditions. While little export dusi ness vn said to have been wurked, and little wheat sold to miller, thla bualneaa la so email that It give no hope of any material quantity being worked. The fu ture la purely a matter of the Ideaa of consumers here and abroad, unlets, of course, some accident ahould happen In the northwest to cause alarm fur the spring wheat crop. Corn held Arm, with tome complaint coming In reaped to lack of warmth and moisture through thla Btate. It aeema that rain and higher temperature would be beneficial to the Prop under existing con ditions. Country acceptance continue light. Oete onntinue to drag, gales were large again overnight, resulting In pressure on the near deliveries, the far month going off on realising and favorable reports re specting the crop. There neve been a lot of oats dumped on the market In the lest two or three days and It Is probable the trade la pretty well evened up. . Primary wheat receipt were 417,100 bush el and shipments -22J.0 buahels, against recelots laat year of 318. 000 bushels and rash. $7oo: October $ v Timothy, prime, H HV Alike, August, $7 4 asked. RTK No. t, tlV. nominal. HKW YORK ORltEltiL MARKRT Qaotnfleaa ( the nay Vorloo (.easaaodltles. NEW YORK, July 7 -FI-OCR-Recelpts, 23,22s bbls.: export, 8,678 bbls; sales, i.l'O pkga. Market dull and barely steady; Min nesota patents, 84 8"tr4.0; Minnesota bakers. tl4i43K5; winter patents. $4.(i"14 4..ii.. win ter straight, lafciir' r 841.40; Ivw grades. (2 31 JR. Rye flour, quiet; fair to good, $4.46) , choice U fancy, $Jt64j4.2u. CUHNMnAb-Steady ; hue buiir ...... low, $1.2u&L; coarse, ll.l'Xjl.U; kiln dried, 12 fiS.OO. RYE-Dull; No. t weetern, 7Hc f. o. b. New York. WHEAT-Recelpts. 16.100 bu ; export, 14). 471 bu.; sale, l.Jw.Om bu. futures. Spot market easy; No. 1 red. 84V, nominal, to arrive In elevator; No 2 red. WV. to Ar rive, f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 northern Du luth. 8!4c, nominal, f. o. b., afloat; No. I norinern flisnnooa, x , nuinmni, i. -JL. "iJit. ,Z Vh. t afloat. Further aevere decllnea appeared to mwe. Reporta from the reflecting weak cables, belt continue tivonbto, "" larger receipts of new wheat, heavy In dian shipment and stop-loss selling. Finally the market rallied on covering ana slotted steady at H" to He net decline. -Msy, deva 16-NSc, closing at 8x'o; July, x"Vi 81c, closing at 86V; September, MVVk;, cloning at Mc; December, stW8ic, clos ing at M-Vjc. . t OKN Keceipts, lO.sbw dii.; exports. n,mt bu.; sales, 40,ii0 bu. futures. Spot market steady; No. 2, 6V. nominal. In elevator and 69o, nominal, f. o. b., afloat; No. Z yellow, 6c. nominal; No. 2 wnile. wc, nominal. Option market was also weaker during the first hour with wheat and un good weainer, mil nnany rauiea on wui slde support, closing partly s net lower; Julv 6j,iiiltc. rloalna at 684c: September, 5DS'?iHc, closing at fcSVtc; December closed tiW. . OA 1 Receipts, 46.IW0 nu. ; exports, bu. 8 Dot. barely steady; mixed oats, to 21 lbs., 43Vj-43c; natural white, 80 to 33 in., 4L'H1l4c; cupped wnite, aa to i ' 11 t n'oi.nJ... nrln V. n 1 Q timlllDt shipment; middling. ).76 'prompt ship ment; city, IZl.tkdtt.SO. A HAY Dull: Shipping, btrfotoc; gooa to choice, 8fVf1tfc. llOt'H unlet: state, common i -Hill A LIVE STOCI MARIET lo Cittlo Ear Today to Ma Ttrt - of Valnat. BETTER PRICES REALIZED FOR HOGS Itkeep or I.aatbe la lgkt lo Make a Market For the Week There Haa Bee a Oala la Receipts, Ba4 Weak Prlera. SOUTH OMAHA. July 7, i Receipts were: Official Monday Official Tuesday Official Wednesday Official Thursday ..; Official Friday Official Saturday ... Cattle. Hogs. Sheep, ... lis 7, I.M ... 2,ns ll'Jsf ' ...Holiday. Holiday. ...2 4"2 1237 ! ,.. 1.S26 l79 in ; i.w '7 srrlng lambs. I7537.M. rood to rholc western shorn lambs, M0042H7S; fair to H good to choice yearling. $6 Xi 5.76; fair to good yearlln, Ib.rti.i-.t good to choice wethers. IS ltri6 31; fair to good wethers. 24 7Mj 1; good to choice ewes, M.76.ai: fslr to good ewes. 14 .04 76. Quotations for range stock: Good te choice wethers, 25 OUi ISfl; good to cholc ewes, 4.76fi6.3. CHICAGO LIVR STOCK MAHKKT tattle Stea'dy, Hogs, sheep and Ijiaihs . .Slronc CHICAGO, July 7.-l"ATri.F.-Receipt. 1.0 head, maiket tsd; beeves. 14 nvf 16; cows and heifer, fl 8k,i 5 ii; calve, H( lft Receipt, ll.onti head; estimated Monday, 42.nnn head; inarkrt string to c higher; mixed and butcher. iloff'; good heavy, tS.WA.fn: rough heavy, H ,WI 62H: light, lntiia6; pigs, t&.tj.4; b'Uk of sale. 4fi.',fli4l8u. PHEKP AND t,AMHa-Receipt. S bead; market strong; shep, W.iViiH.o; lambs, l"v(ifi7.S5. . This week Last week Week before Three weeks ago h our weeks ago ahlmnenta nt 1 Mi i MIA h&iahel Corn receiDts were 613,0(10 bushels snd shipments (26, oft) im6, liffl4c; 104, nominal; olds, nominal; bushel, against receipts last year of 4!2.ooo paclfio coast, 1906, 10816c; 1VH, 12c; olds, fiiihlM nA ahlnmirtlt of iFA (ITIO buhelS. I 1 n. I Cletrances wcrs K,im bushels of wheat, HIDhJ Hteady; Galveston, 20 to 26 lbs.. lti.sen tiarrei of nour, Dusneis oi corn ii nd 3nr bushels of oats. Liverpool closed .ftSd lower on wheat and NWHd lower on corn. x Broomhall estimates world's wheat ship ments for Monday at s.ano.nm) husheis. .... ,01 K.m 1S.767 ... .16.217 tB,M7 . 13.104 16.(1)6 "a.Jlo 6.6.14 ....17.763 7.17l 7.W2 .. .17 P7 os 4SH 1I.6W Same week last year....l3.11 4,iW8 I4,tii The following table shows the receipt of rattle, bogs and sheep at South Omaha for the year to date, compared w'th last year: 11. 1- Inc est! le 43,S 43B.Hl 44.21! Hogs 1.44.771 1,337.26 14, .613 Sheep 774.523 753.1M 21,08$ CATTLE QUOTATIONS. Tho following will show the prices paid for the different kinds of cattle on the South Omaha market: Uood to choice corn-fed steers I6.20UC.76 Kalr to good corn-fed steers 4 7eu6.2tf Common to fair corn-fed steers... 4.Wir4.75 Oood to choice cows and heifers... 4 tU4 78 Fair to good cows and heifers S iu4.'0 Common to fair cows and nelfers . 1.76 00 Oood to choice stockers 4 feeders. I 7V&"4.10 Fair to good atockeis ana feeders. .2txu3 i'S Common to fair etockera I.a4.2 Bulls, stags, ate 1.7la"4.10 Veal calvea 4.0U4J6 7 The following table shttws the average price of hoga at Buuth Omaha for the last several days, Willi comparison; 20c; California. 21 to 26 lbs., ne; iea, dr. 24 to lb... lc. pRdVlKinNH-Keef. steady; family, l?w . - . . - . . . I '1 fMl 10 50; mess, 8.(ni!i.u. m-ei uit.ni". . IA- nark, XS ItlTflM.Mr. city Data. ltd 1906.l19M.lU8.tl(.l01.!l(00. The government crop 'report will be Issued mesa. '$1d.00(o15!&0. Cut meat, steady; pli'k- at z o noes j ueeaay. It will snow acreage led bellies, iii.jhih w; i"V:',,".v . . and condition of com. condition of winter IxVVfiS.lW: pickled hama. lixn i ' ano spring wneot ana an small gr-tina. nnn acreage and condition or nsx, rice ana to- l.ard. noml- Bouth bacco. Local range of options' Articles. I Open. High. Low. Cloe. Yes'y Wheat j July... 72A 72A 71'4jA 71HA 72A 8ept... 71A 7PiA 71HA 71SA 72MA Corn Julv... 4V,A ' 4j 4tm,A 4;;a Sept... 4tSA 4HA 4iHj tD,A 4GSU Oes I 8ept 82 331A A asked. B bid. Omaha Cash Kales. WHKATNo. 3 bard. 1 car, He; 1 car, iiv: No. 2 hard, 1 car, 70c. - 4 "tin N -No. , 1 car, 47c. OATS No, 3, 1 car, 3Ho. Omaha rash Prices. WHKATNO. 2 hard. 7J'973Vc; No. I hard, ,vu , i v ; .o. 4 nara, Noetic; o. spring, '.I'C. CORN-No. 3. 4r; No. 2 yellow, 47H7c; No. w?!lte. 43c. OATS-No. 3 mixed, 36586Hic; No. 3 white. aic; io. i wnite, 8hc. Carlot Rovelpte. Wheat. Corn. Oats. Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis Omaha Duluth Bt. Louis .... 24 .. 78 .. 1M .. 8 .. 84 .. ft 269 11. 11 '66 8 71 CHICAGO UR4I1 AND PROVISIONS Prices on Board of Trade. CHICAGO. Julv 7. Weather throughout the I'nlted States today continued favorable for tue new wheat crop and the local mar ket was Weak, final quotation on the Sep tember delivery being down He Corn was orr 'c. uhis were noun Wic. rrovlsions n r . . 'M. . I'JU t. t. . " ' . m7 ' 'e"V ... 1 t'ttt'V IBlOrtO rum, Mt iJ., i ne ncarisn reeling tnat peovailea tarough. Itl874 Ird, firm: ptima steam. ut the entire. svfsion wss due chiefly to the I fiait meats, steady: boxed extra shorts. barely steady; western prime, i . . .nntlnent. America. .tt; compound. K-KWH?-- firm; family, Jis.w; snori cift. . me, 117.75'olS IPO. h.,m:,. TALlA)W-ulet; city. k, w" j - RICE Firm; aomesiic, iair iu c, . .1. extra TTKr.".1. VZ: VHc'eW: creamery. man to extra, r.-wic; wmrm common to flrsts, Wal.c; western '"'"Vr; creamery, extrae, itw, wesieru ftCrlEKBE-Qulet; new state f"".6""", large, fancy. 11c; stats fair to ood. llW lose; new state, small, fancy, lie. new atate fair to good. lOtyWVkc,; new state in- ferlor, . ..... tn.vl. KOG8 Hteany to nrm; :,- i . . . n . .,- rattcv aeietTtv-tt 23c; state choice, 21j22e; state mixed, ex tri a. $0621c; western nrsts, .lwoiiii - second, lSiUc; southern. 41&c"..,.,n POULTRY - Live. trregumi . prlng chickens, 18c; fowls, 13c: turkea. Iiei2c. Dressed, quiet; WM.-rn -"e chickens, l'921c; turkeys, 11 13c, lo wis, 64f 13c. . I.nal Geaeral Market. of im-io tnl 1-WHKAT-Usw; N. 2 red, cash, elevator, nominal; track, new. 7S"t.et7V4Jc; Old. 7JHc; Sept 'triber. lec . De cemW 7887h,c; No. 2 ard . 76-. CORN Lower; no. s caen, i-i tTMc; September, 60OtrT(,c; uv.-whu. 4,43ATS Ixwer; No. J cash, 87c; track. 87o; September. 34Vc; December, 35c. No. 2 white, wqnyic. ,,,, tt FLOUR Steady; red winter patents, IJS 4 60; extra fancy and etraigni, BKKiv-limomy, " "r;. HAY-Steady; timothy. $li.5O817.00; prairie. IRON lUllOPI llbo-i "i.w. BAGO1NO-4H0. HEMP TWINE VC, VROVIBIONS-Pork. higher; . Jobbing. absence of rain In the greater nart of the wheat growing section. Other factors that contributed to the weak tone were a decline at Liverpool and a probability of a big Increase In the movement of the new crop as shown by liberal acceptances of bids sent out by cash houses. Selling was aen- ral during the day and the only support tor tne marxet crime rrom snorts, in tha net nair oi ma session tne market became I Plow bhls eieany on . nuying rausea oy reports of I wheat, bu... r i.-i -M,ri. i ne Bfmina, nottever, I Oats, bu. ";. mnin-iFniij nveiy to prevent an- I rorn bu othV-r decline, prices at the close being al- I v ' moat at ne loweet point, oeptemner op-I Mlaaeooolla nrts Msrvel co 7it Iee rlh. IW IfiS: snorx t ier. Hacon. steaoy; kii " " clear rib. $10 62; short clear, POULTRY Bteaay ; cnicaena, 18c; turkeys. 10c. duck. 8c; g. BUTTER Quiet; creamery, lotjjc, dairy, KOtJB Bieaay, itc. 7.000 ...40.000 ...65.000 ...72.000 fi.000 12.000 44.0no 44.000 June 2... e 6 SSI I 6 70 7 HI 5 M J 01 June 27... 4i)l 6 ii, t 14 i 66 , 7 64 , 6 tl S W June 28... t 44 6 30! S U ' 7 4 17 1 11 June 2... 4HI $ 22 t tiu I7 7 ta m June 1SJ. .. I 4l. 6 111 6 0 6 6ti I 91 l July 1.... I 25, 6 13 t 60 7 64 6 80 July I.... 6 48 6 18 6 66 7 64 f 83 4 K July $.... 6 47 6 7 6 61 7 61 6 76 6 01 July 4 7 July 6.... 474 6 26 : 6 26 I 7 64 6 73 6 July 6.... 42'4 6 26 I 27 t 66: 6 79 S 17 July 7 1 6 2l 6 IS1 5 4!l 7 76 $11 Sunday. RANGE OF PRICES. Cattle. Hog. Omaha $1.76iy6.50 $5.2fV(b.nO Chicago 1.30-&4 1R l"5-'a6.S8 Kansas City J.itx-flfi.10 6.7Vo72, Bt. Louis 1.75'fl.00 6J04i4i.;b Sioux City 3.0OU6.&0 14lKU6.a6 FRIDAY'S SHIPMENTS. . The following shows the number of cars of stockers and feeders shipped to the country and their points of destination: CATTLE. Cars. F. P. Day. Nodaway, la. Q 1 O. R. Newport, Yale, la. Mil 1 Wllllnm Brleco. Tekamah. Neb. M. O.. 1 E. J. Todlark. Plsgah. Ia.-N. W I The official number of cars of stock brought In today by each road was: Cat tie. Hogs Sheep. H'ses. C, M. Bt. P 4 Missouri Paclfio 1 I. P. System ,14 1 C. N. W., esst 12 C. A N W west.... 1 23 C, St. P., M. 0 2 C, P. St Q , east 3 C, B. 4J., west 7 .. 1 C. R. I. P.. east.. .. $ C R. I. A P., west.. .. 1 .. . .. Chicago Gt. Wast 1 Total receipts $ 70 1 1 The disposition of the day's receipts was as follows, each buyer purchasing the num ber of head indicated: Cattle. Hops Sh p. 786 IMS 1.643 1,367 341 249 Omaha Packing Co.... Bwlft and Company... Cudahy Packing Co... Armour V Co Krey Bowden Other buyer 307 14 .. 14 6.2SO m Kansas City Live Stock Market. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 7. CATTLE Receipts. 100 head: maiket, unchanged ; choice expott and dresaod beef steers, o.u) 65.50; stockers nnd feeder, $2.75544.30; south ern steers, $3.0041 5. 10; southern cow. $-.ft $3.26; native cows. $2 Ko3.26; native helfer, t8.OiKii6.35: bulls, $2.54Ka4.i; calve. $:.tiw.f0. Receipt for the week. 37.ni head. HOGS Receipt. J.4l head: market. 5c higher; top, $", .724; bulk of sales, $ti."'o6.77V. heavy. Ki.fio'ati. . pataer. ihs'in ut: pis and light. $6.75dj.75. Receipts for the week. 3t.0n0 need. 8HEEF AND LA MRS Receipts, none: market, nominally steady; lamb. $5.7517. .; fed sheep and yearlings. $4.7Mi6.2u; Texas and Arlxona yearling. $5.SV6 So; Texas and Aritona sheep, $4 75fj5.90; Texas goat, 11.00 U3.60, stockers and feeder. $3.26j.(. New York Live fttock Market. NEW YORK, July 7 BKEVKB-Receipts, 222 head, all consigned direct: no trading; feeling steady; exports. 9M) cattle and 6.440 quarter of beef. CALVFB No fresh arrivals and none for sale: market, nonlnally steady; dressed calves, stesdy at Hi'10Vc per lb. for city dressed veal and 4&9c for country dressed calves. HOG 8 Receipts, 3.828 head; none for sale; market, nominally weak. SHEEP AND LAM B8 Receipts, 1.7R1 head; market for sheep, nominally steady; none for ssle; lambs.- firm and good stock higher, qualitv considered; common to prime lambs, $t).7Tl9.05; culls, $3.lXii6.76. Bt. Loals I.lvc Stock Market. ST. LOUIS. Mo., July 7. CATTLE Re ceipts, 350 head, Including 200 Texans; market steady; native shipping and export steers, $4.75'raV00: dressed beef and butcher steers. $l.0i'(i6.a); steer under 1m0 lb.. $3.7544.10; stockers and feeders, $2.0iEf-4 25; cows and heifers. $2.10446.25; tanners. $1.0014) 2.00; bulls. $2.W.; calves. $3.4Xi$.Oo; Texas and Indian steer, $2.35.50; cows and heifers. $1.76fi3.26. HOGS Receipts, 1.700 head: market 6c higher: pigs and lights, $ti 3"ii4vG6; packers, $2fif-70; butchers and best heavy, $4.58 6.76. SHEEP Receipts, none; no sheep on sale. Slonx City live Stock Market. SIOUX CITY, la.. July 7. (Special Telegram.) CATTLE Receipts, 100 hesd; market steady; beeves. $4.00(8 5.6"; cows, bulls nnd mixed, $3.004.60; stock ers and feeders, $3.254.15; calves and yearlings, $3,106)4.00. HOGS Receipts, 4.600 head; market fo higher; selling at $6.40rg 6.55; bulk of sales, $.47 ro'6.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 400 head; market steady. ' St. Joseph Live Stock Market. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., July 7. CATTLE Receipts. 7 head; market stady: natives, 4 4Wi.xO; cows snd heifer. $1. 7544. 75; stockers and feeders, $3 noii 8. 75. HOGS Receipt. 2.07 head: mostly Be higher; light. $6.5otfj.60; medium nnd heavy, $6 ntyfjl.70; bulk 'of sales. Jfi 5.Vff6.fi0. SHEEP AND LAMBS-Recclpts, none. Stock In Sight. Receipts of live stock at the six prin cipal western markets yesterday: t-Rttle. Hogs. Sheep South Omaha Sioux City .... Kansas City . St. Joseph Bt. Louis Chicago Totals . 2f ...,100 . I . 350 ' ,1,000 6.1K3 4.600 2.4O0 2.f7 1.70 11.000 807 400 $,000 ...1,733 27,690 3,707 e.ied V11V1O to 44kc lower at 7Mo to 7s c. sold down to 7h4o and closed at 7 44."4c. clearsnces of wheat and flour were e.uai 10 iz,ii nu. Krtmsry receipts were .MXTviMDot ii tnl 7. FIX)!' K rtrst ai 1 .1 .1 1 v.... . . .. ti null patents, $4 fikfJH .36; second P"n,"i 8?". flmt clears. $3.$5fJ$ .46; second clearo, U-t 41,.H1 bu.. against 8L8.O1IO bu. the m. ri 62.60. I... ,.. ... HRiM-In bulk. IlS.60ria.l9. " . t, . ,,tm 1 jt, iuiuiii ana t.iiicago I - ' a.nn.. . !.. . . " ' ,& I.. Dnl rtf Trtllt OUOtatlOttg Of rare last week and 14 cars one year ago. Minneapolis and Chicago delivery.) Tit ideal weather for the crop and the weak- I or P- r.pS.r,"r ' .; ' nee 01 wneat caused some pront-taklng I t;o.. iivui jwttrtt t in . y ii winy in tne oay .ana resulted In I , . , . , . , -v ' moderste weakners. I,ter cssh houses re- I Artlcles. Open. Hlgh. Low. Cloe. Tee f i""1"! 1 ii 1 acceptances or dios were ex- - tremely light and thla caused sn Improved I Wheat ruiiiu tuwaru iti-v mmoie or tne nay. All I J of the early loss was retrained and the m. I July ket held aieady during the last hour of I ' Bept: trading. The close was steady. SeDtemher I lec. opened We to o higher to o lower at I rxxr to nitc, soia oei ween 61vlTe and ai5TfiUAC and closed at 61Sc. Loral re ceipt were $69 cars, with 94 of contract '" marser was weak all day on toiia". vteatner oondt- July.. Sept.. Oct... 87a7 '8T. 76'S,J7$' 1 1 12W 1 UV1 I 77SI77SSSI 78H 7b7 78W1 7V:79tTH4 inQ 111? 112 l"1 iuCi niHi 1 107.1 inn free Minneapolis Cash Close Wheat: No. 1 northern. H,c;'to arrive, 7V'o; o 1 northern. 78Sc; to arrive. i8Sc; No. 3. T!& .dv.Ve. fromTheoun,V;"Jred Xt No. 1 durum. c; No. I Jurjm. lV. many action, the growing gram anowed Urn: No. $ yr w" .o marked Improvement. f4et.temher I Oata: No. $ white, a&t. NO. , Vie to ViUc lower . UL. . uiZ, " barley: $84il6c. Rye. eblOQic. ria m , , A V.. In.. 1 T . ! I tt r.v. i-iwcu nu atntu-sstc ana closed I t -tiiT. ixM-ai rereipts were ss cars. t-rovision were quiet and firm. Rlba -" in nioiinraie aemana oy small pack Ka.aa. Cltr Oral. ..d Pr.srUlo... KANSAS CITY. July 7. WHfciAT-July. era, while other products were bought bv6VTe; Beptember, 70A,4j"70c; - December, pit tran era. The chief bullish Influence was I Tl'sc; cash. No. 2 hard. 7Je. n Tic sdvance In the price of live hogs. At i ' oepiemoer porn was up 12c at til 12JE-rT..w" 2V higher at $ 00. Ribs " " T: IllBlier at tt. "Estimated recetpte for Monday: Wheat J? rorn- " "rs; oats, $13 cars; hogs! The leading futures rattan . en I kVlWa Firm : Missouri and Kansas, new I No 2 whltewood cases Included. 14VS case urttciee.i open. High. Iw. Close I Tes I count, 14c; cases returned. -jc less. . ! ' 1 HAY Steady; chol. e timothy, $1$ 5O4514.00; ew : No. 8, No. 4. taVjc; No. 2 red. 71W72ic, noml. nal; No. s, twr; , i v- i u w v 4ic: Seotember. 4iT4c: De cember. 44746c; cash. No. 2 mixed, e04a; No. 3, oug&iec; no. s wnin, wk, o-. OATH-L ncnengea; rp. m fun, mnrv fVW"; No. 2 mixed, Totals CATTLE There were no fresh receipts of cattle today and the total for the week. shows a most decider tailing orr as com pared with last week and .with a year ago. The week startad out with a good, strong market on all kinds of cattle, sn J with the best grades quoted a little higher. The trade waa fairly active, the receipt changing hands freely at current prices. The intervention of a holiday seemed to mark the coming of a change. During the latter half of the week tho trade waa slow, and, while the best kinds were quoted about steady, it was very evi dent that the wire edge was gone from all other gradea. For the week, aa a result, it would he safe to quote the best rattle fully steady, with the medium to common kinds lei5c lower. This Is the season of the year when Texas csttle art always used aa a club to pound down the marktt on the common to, medium grades of na tives and that Is given ss the reason for the weakness that haa been developed this week. Cows and tielfers of good quality sold verv well during the first part of the week, but during the latter half buyers begsn talking about shipping Texas beef, and it became very evident that they no longer wanted the grass cows at the price that they had been paying. Friday's market was very much demoralised on that kind. For the week the best fed cows and heifers showed but little change, while other kinds sre 25f4c lower, anil In some cases probably aa much as $0e lower on the more common greasers. Stockers and feeders did not show very much change during the week, both sup ply, and demand Deng rompsrauveiy Er. Bt . -. . . "man mm tiauai. at in I season or nt - - --... I ' . - . j lkjl.-17 V.in 1- . .. m ... xwrtix. JI1IV I. KVAIIIRlTPn Cotton Market. f NEW YORK, July " 7.i-'OTTON-Spot closed steady; middling uplands, 10.8Oc; mid dling gulf, 11.05c; no sales. LIVERPOOL. July 7 COTTON-Spot quiet; prices six points higher; American middling fair. 6.84d; good middling. 6..?4d; middling, 8 14d; low middling. o.Wd; good or dinary. B.7Hd; ordinary. 6.56d. The sales of the day were 6,0o0 bales, of which 600 were for speculation and export and included 4.6in American..- Receipts. 2.0H0 bales, all Amerlcsn. Futures opened and closed steady. NEW ORLEANS. July 7.-COTTON Clored quiet; sal 400 hale. I,nw ordinary. 7c nominal; ordinary, 8'c, nominal; good ordinary, 8 9-16c; low middling, liKVc; mid dling, lHc; good middling, 11V; middling fair. 12c. nominal; fair, 12V- Receipts, 229 bales; s ock. 41288 bales. BT. LOUIS, July 7. COTTON-Slesdv; middling. 10V: sales. 1.004 bale; receipt none; shipments. 75 bales; stook, 27,616 bales. Oils aad Hnsla. NEW YORK. July 7.-OI L8-Cottoneed oil firm; prime crude, f. o. b. mills, IVg ip, nominal, new crop; yellow, 374ifi.1Sc Petroleum, steady; refined New York, $7.80; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $7.75; prime, in bulk, $4.ii6. Turpentine, quiet; COijjwVtc 8AVANAH, July 7,-OILS-Turpentlne, tlrm; 57Hc. ROBIN Firm: sales, 2.M0 bbl. Quote ABC. $3.56.0; D, $3.S.Va3.0; E. $4 On'144 10 f ; G. $4 26; H. $4 40; I, $4.45; K. $4.50-cj 4,.-M.".!i,0: N" H -S71; VG. $4.8Er0,4.9ui t Vt , so. 00. OIL CITY. Julv 7 OtI.B4"rel Klo-. JhB1; t8'pn.ents, 70.7.12 bhls., average. 2. 154 bbl.; runs. 76.437 bbls , sverage 6 150 bhls. Shipments. IJma. 64.876 bhls, average "'.?! hJ'. i run" -ma. 4ti.029 bbl., average 2J,14 bbls. Wheat July... TsHfiV Sept...l7iV' Dec.lHO-S! v orr, July.. Sept.. Oats July.. ' Sept.. Dee... Pork- ". . July.. Sept.. Ird- July.. Sept.. Oct,.. ' Bept.. 4t... 88 S4l44i-il 781 7f"l kos 'W 6U, 88 1 34W 6 17 60 I 17 60 17 ui I 17 121 $ rn; $ to no t t onV 02 I Oltf J62W $52 J 46 S 46 17HI $ 25 I 781, 78H, $7V 84 $4Ti! 17 60 8 86 $ 7Hl s uu $6214 1 so $ 16 choice prairie, $10 5iiU.0O. 7 I RYE eteaay, egc. 7fiu. BUTTER-Creamery. iw; pacxing. m-o. otfsOi 80s . "mPmr.n I Wheat, bu iw.ww ti, iiyk-" ' "iS! bl vat", -.-.w 37V' 881 Pkllstdclphla Prodoeo Market. $V34Vf, PHIIDELPHIA, July 7. BUTTER $4'86StS Firm: extra western creamery, 2c; extra I nearby prints, ac. IX MiS- Steady; nearby fresh. 18c, at mark: western fresh. 18c, at mark. CHEESE unchanged; Mew torn run creams, choice, lliillVrc; fair to good, lOiHc. "60 I 17 17 121 17 3 86 $00 $ ui $ 6tW $ 36 3 $ 60 $714 1?3 to Nit. t. . Cash Quotations were aa follnai.- FLOUR Easy; winter patents, $3.6034 00: winter straights. $3 j3 70; spring patents. :2"Vji-"l.I,n lra,ht. eS45r. 86; bak- W HEAT No. 3 spring $2ifiKHfcc- No J tfi2o: No 9 r.. TuLh-: -Wic. INO. J, CORN No. 1 lVc: No.'l vello- tm - OATS-No. f. rsc; No. I white. w'e4tii:" No $ white, 16MtJ,c. A" " n 1 t ro. 1, sue. BARLEY -Good feeding, 40441c: fair choice insHlnB. 4360c. ' SEEDS-rFlax. No L 11 04W,; No. I north- estsrn. $1.11 Prime timothy. $3q4i Clover, contract grade, $11.25. PROVISIONSBhort rlba sides tlooeel rs 6t 66. Mess pork, per bbl.. 817 l"v4i it so Lard, per loo lbs , Hi 85. Short clear sides ivuarur, "v itHov J-. Th receipts and shipments of flour and grain were: Receipts. Shipments. riour. Dim..i M I860) V4 heat. bu. M ") 10 tvti Srn- bu 447.) "' tia ,............4uu,j Rye. bu 1 no oaney. Du.. m.M noo jn tee troduce exchange today the but. ter market waa steady; creamery, Ugaic; dalrlea. IWylSe. k. -steady; at mark, cases Inciudvd. 13il4c: firsts, ItWc: prima nrsts. lac; extras, lac Cheese, oteady, 10 n'"e Toledo Seed Market. TOLEDO, o.. July L-ejKDS-Uover, Milwaukee Onls Market. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. July 7. WHEAT Easier; No. 1 northern. 864tivc: No. 3 northern. 62H4j4V; Sptemer, 7"Hc. RYE Dull; No. z. MSMV. BARLEY Stesdy ; No. 3, 66&fc; sam ple. 444c. CORN-Steady. No. 3 cash, $Ht4jlc; September, 61Sc. Dalatk Gralsr Market. DULITH. Minn.. July 7. WHEAT To arrive. No. 1 northern. V9Vc: No. 2 north ern, 77Vc; on track. No. 1 northern. 7c; No. 3 northern, i.c; July, isc; Beptem ber. TSijc; December. 77VK. OAT8 To arrive, on track and July, $ic- Peoria Grata Market. PEORIA. July 7 CORN Iower: No. 3 yellow. 62 V; No. $. 12H; No. 4, 61Sc; no grade. 60c. IIA1B I'lin; rto. I wnite. auvc; r0. I chite. 37fJ3c; No. 4 white. 3fiAt137e. WHISKY on the basts of II iu for fin ished guodS. Coffee Market. NEW YORK. July T COFFEE Market for futures opened aieady at an advance of $ points on steady European eablea and moderate Brasllian receipts. Trad ins waa quiet early and some months eased off $ points rrom tne opening, but later local bulla were moderate buyers and there was some covering with the close steady at a net advance of enio points. Sales for the day were reported of 23.260 bags. Including September at sv.-: December tV60f ; March. tltfV: Mav. 7 0ue. Spot Rio, aieady; No. 1 Invoice, iTeo. year. There waa. nowever. soma nine Inquiry for better gradea of cattle of that deacrlptlon and the few coming sold to pretty good advantage. HOGS Hogs were Be higher this morn ing. While the trade was not especially active at the start. It was fairly so when once under way. and all the hogs w-re dianosed of before 10 o'clock In the morn ing. The grest big bulk of all the hoas sold at $f.4Stns.il. -ss against n un (.42 H yesterday. The top was $6.55. which waa also tc higher than anything bought yesterday. APPLES Market firm on spot, owing to the light supplies, and fancy gradea com mand slightly higher prices. Prime Hit ll"e; choice. 114i&llc; fancy. Uc ' CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS-Prune for future delivery are mid to be a shade essler, but spot supplle are firm, held with quotations ranging from 7f 8c ac cording to grade. Apricots are in slight supply with choice quoted at 13c; extra i-noice, i.tc; lancy, it'ait'c. nrm; rnnice, iob 1 jc; extra choice, 11V HHc; extra fancy, 11 1.91 2c; fancy, 114,!&l2c; Receipta of hogs this week have been ' f , raney, tcri.-.-. jxaisin are In job tv light aa compared with the previous ' b'n d'm.a"di1 "1e " seeded sVk but conaiderably lower than a year ralslna, 6Voc; London layers, $1.66. very wtek o Aa a matter of course the interven tion of s holiday haa had a good deal to do with the moderate receipta. The mar ket haa abowed comparatively little change. At the beginning of the week It waa a ahade lower and hogs sold on an average In about the aame notch unt.l Frldav. when there waa a drop of 6c. but that loss waa recovered today, ao that at the close of the week the market ' lust about where It was at the close of lsst week, If anything a very little stronger. Representative sales: at. Sk. pr. 111 ... I u 17S tee t ts 0 44 H 4 41 44 St 44 ... 4 44 ... 4 471, to 4714, It 414 4ft 4 47', SMI 4 4744 4ft 47 irr its 4 47i ...to ... 414744, ...t M 4 474 .. 4 Ii 4 47l ...W4 40 4 47 ... 4 47 ...tit 4 4 47 ...trr 144 f 47 ...tut 144 4 47 .. t ... 4 47 .. tot St 4 47 111 S.t47 K4 IM 4 47 11 44 4 47 .Ml N4 S ..rrt .it .114 M0 .117 .1(4 .411 . IS4 ... 4... Tl... 14 .. 74... 81... ... 74... 41... (I... 74... 44... Tl... 74... 41 .. 11... Ks 11... 44... 16 .., u . u . 47.. H . 47.. I.. M . U.. II.. 74. . 74 . 74. . 44.. 4.. M.. .. 41. . TS. . 71.. in 1 44 17 74 44 7 74 M 71 74 SHEEP There were no fresh receipta of aheep In sight this morning and noth ing to make a market. This week range sheep and lamb have commenced coming forward, with the reeult that the receipta have been Increased somewhat over last ek and a year ago. The market during the week haa been rather unaettled and It haa been no easy matter to quota It from day to day, es pecially aa tho receipts have consisted largely of odds and ends of fed stock and of scattering lots of rangers. It Is safe to say that medium to common kinds, es pecially lamns, are lower than last week. 41 .114 114 .171 134 4 47 4 47 4 47 4 47 4 47 4 47 74.. 44.. II.. 44.. 71.. SO.. 14.. 44.. II . 74.. 4S.. 71.. 11.. AT. 8k. Pr. ....til 4 4 47 ... Il 40 4 47 ....174 ... 4 47 ....HI 1M 47 ....111 10 4 47 ...1S IM 47 13 40 4 47 !I7 140 47', ....111 ... 4 47 ....121 44 4 47 ... 114 ... 4 47 474 SO I 47 ... 111 10 I 47 til 140 4 47 ....114 40 4 47 ....111 10 I 47 Ill M 4 47 Ml ... 4 47 17 140 I M 114 40 4 40 .....124 49 IM Ill ... 4 40 104 SO 4 40 ....4:4 11 14 SO 4 44 204 40 I M 141 140 I let 11 4 M 171 100 il .....141 110 1 41 IM SO 4 11 144 ... ID "Wool Market. INDON. July 7-WOOl-The fourth aerlea of the 1908 wool auction !. 1. scheduled to open next Tuesday. During tne nrsi weex tj,i oaies will he ofTered The arrivals for the fifth series of le amount to 8.281 bales, Including 4,(a0 bales torwarnea aireci 40 spinners. The Im ports this week were: New South Wale bale; Queensland. 1 bales; Cape of Oood Hope and Natal, 4.074 bales; River l-iata, Zli. bales; New York. 437 bales; va rious, 2.161 bales. ST. IXJUIS, Mo.. July 7. WOOTPteady ; medium gradea. combing ami clothlnr. ?4 ai:c; light fine, 18(j2-e; heavy fine. 144117c; tuu waeueu, AJUte. 0"V -Sf f 1 " ""W 1 1 ir -- ft. "V r. J. . 4k JmK. m H - e- 7K 6 X? 4 Wig itt fi Tmi TM Sninaiier ? F YOU ARE why not arrange to have THE x OMAHA BEE sent to you by mail? The address may be changed as often as desired The subscription price to any address in the United States, Canada or Mexico, payable in advance, isi .35 for two weeks .70 for one month 1.50 for three months 3.00 for six months Postage to foreign countries, 60c a month additional ILL OUT THIS FORM AND OIVI TO TOUR CARRIER CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT OMAHA. NEB. Dear Sir: PUamrul THE BEE r ..beginning with issue of , 1906, to me at the following address: Nam m Town State V) h ft ft iSJ 88 KM o 18.1J, the figures bclnmore or less nom inal. Lead remains quiet at JS.T.VcrA.W) and upelter at 8S.6'o4).0u. Iron was uncnunged. ST. IX4L IS. Mo., July 7. M ETA I.H 1esci, steady at 85.80. Spelter, quiet at 8fi.87Vi. 16c. Cocoanuts, 4 per sack oarar aad Molasses. NEW YORK. July 7.-firflAK-Haw nrm fair refining, 3lic: centrifugal, M tent, 8c; mnlanses sugar, 8c. Reflneil. steady; No 6 42c; No 7. 4 15c; No. 8, 4.10c; No. 9. 4U3c; No. 10. 4.mc: No. 11. .5c; No. 12. S 9iic: No. 12, 3 86c; No. 14, 8.8oc; confectioners' A. 4 3fc; mould A, 6.06c; cut loaf. 64oc; crushed. 6.40c; powdered, 4.80c; granulated, 4.7oc; cubes. 4 Hoc. MOI.A88K8 Steady: New Orleana nnen kettle good to choice. 304i;i8c. NEW ORLEANS. IJI., July 7. Sl'GAR Steady; open kettle, centrifugal. .V,iJ 7-ik,-- centrifugal, yellow, SSe; seconds, 2ttic d i iL r orgjec. F.i ports aad Imports. NEW YORK. July 7. -Total Imports of merchandise and dry goods at the port of New York for the week ending today were valued at $181,271,437. Total Imports of specie were $43,448 silver and 3148.678 gold. Total ejponi of specie were $9S0 797 sil ver and $15-.0ut) gold. Liverpool Grala aad ProvlsloaB. LIVERPOOL. July 7WHEAT-Spot nominal; futures, easy; July, 6s 6V-d" Sen te ruber, te Sd; December, 6a Sd. CORN Spot quiet: American mixed, old 4a UH,d; futures, steudy ; July, 4s Ihtd: Seo tember, 4a 6Hd. Metal Market. NEW YORK. July 7.-METALH With London closed aa usual on tvaturday. the metal markets were quiet and practically unchanged. Spot tin waa quoted at 147 50 i.i, ia. itae copper la neld at l'8 Si"? is m W notation lor fed alotki tivwd to clioics j electrolytic, $13 ii8U J4, casting, l8.ts9 OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKET. Condition of Trade and Quotatloas oa (Maple and Fancy Produce. EUUS Receipts, liberal; fresh stock, 16SiC. LIVE I'Ol'LTR Y Hens, Vc; roosters, 6c; turkeys, 12Vic; ducks, iij8c; spring chickens, 16c per lb. BCTTKR-racklng stock, 14'gl44r; choice fancy dairy, 16c; creamery, L'ldiJlSc. HAY Prices quoted by Omaha Keed com pany: No. 1 upland. $10.60; medium, $i.50; coare, 19.'". Ryn straw, $6.50. HHAN-Per ton. $17.60. Hl'tlAR Iran ul h ted cane. In bbl... So. 1 b . granulated cane, In sacks, $6.11; granu jaled beet, ill sacks, tool. ' SYRl'P In bbls., Z7c per gal.; In esses, 6 lo-lb, cans, $1.70; cases 11 6-lb. cans, $1.80; cases 24 -Ib. cans. $1.85. COFFEE Roasted, No. 35, 2.V4C per Ih .; No. 9). 20i per lb.; No 2.". 18'c per lb.; No. 20, lf,Vic per lb.: No. 1, per lb. 1 Cl'RKlJ FISH-Family whlteMsh. per quarter bbl., 100 lbs., $4.00; Norway mack eiel, No. 1, $18; No. 2. iM: No 8. $J0; Irleri No. 2, $18; herring. In bbls., 200 lbs. each. Norway, 4k. $12; Norway 3k. $13; Holland, mixed, $11; Holland herring, in kegs, milk ers. Hoc; kegs, mixed, 70c. CANNEli GOODS Corn, standard west ern, 6.VyiSic; Maine, $1.16. Tomatoes, 8-lb. cans. $1.2firl.50; ii-lb. 874ci$l. Plneappbs, grated, 2-lb $2.0fi82.3O; sliced. $1 9tv-u2.Ju; (1,-illon apples, fancy. $3 80; California sprl cnts, $1.4ttl2 00; pears, $1 76ia2.&0; peaches, fancy, $l.;Mi2.40; H. C. peaches. $2.iKKa$.6o. Alaska salmon, red, $1.26; fancy Chinook, F., $2.10; fancy aockeye, F., $1 86; sardines. I, oil. $2.60; mustard. $2604441.10. Sweet Cnlatoes. ll.16fll.25; sauerkraut. $1; pump Ins. 8ft"fr1.00; wax beans, 2-lb., 76icc; lima beans, 2-lb.. 7fici&1.8S; spinach, $1.36; cheap peas, 2-lb., 60c; extra, 7fdSwc; fancj, $1.361.76. NEW VEOETARLES. TOMATOES Texas, per crate of 20 lbs., WAX BEANS Per market basket of ahmit 16 lbs.. $1.26. STRING BEANS Per market basket of about 16 lbs., 60c. TIRN1PS. HEETS AND CARROTS Per d". bunches, 25c. LEAF LETT I'CE Hothouse, per dox. head. 20c. CIVI'M BER8 Home-grown. per dox., 50c; Texss, per bu. box, $7.00. ONIONS 4'allfornla, 2Vc per lb.; Texas, In crates, white, $1.76; yellow, $1.36. GREEN ONIONS Per doi. bunches, JOc. R A IMBUES Per dox. bunches, 15c. CABBAOK- Home-grown, 2c per lb. CACLIELOWER Per dos. heads, 76c. OREEN PEAS Per bu., $1.26. NEW POTATO E8 Per bu., 75c. OLD VEGETABLES. POTATOES Home-grown, per bu., 5fjJ 60c;'South Dakota, per bu., it'JOo; Colorado, 9oc per bn. NAVY BEANS Per bu., $1 86; No. X $1.75. LIMA BEANS Per lb.. 3Hc. TROPICAL FRI IT8. D TES Per ox of 30-lb. pkga.. $2.00; Halloween, in 7o-lb. boxes, per box, 6e; Bayers, per lb.. 4c; walnut stuffed. 1-lb. nkirs $20u per dos.; 8-lb. boxes, $1.00. ORANGES California, extra fancy nav els large size. $4 Jwift i; Mediterranean sweets, all sizes, $4.Ug4.60; Vslenclas, all ,.. xnoflrri6&0. 1 FMONS Llmonlers. extra fancy, size IHiKI; fl to 3S0 aixe, $7 26. FIGS California, per 10-lb. carton, hi-- Imported Sniyrua, three-crown. six-crown, i-'c. . BANANAS Per medlum-aised bunch $176"t2 2o: Jumbos, $2 5oi(ia.OO. PINEAPPLES Florida, sixes 24, $0 and 36, $3 25. FRrlT9 CHERRIES California. $2.00 per 8-lb. box- sour ctirrles. 24-qt. crate. $1.60. C,OOSEBERR1ES-Per crate of $4 qts., 8 00 PEACHES California. $1 10 per bu. PLCMS California. $1 6Cttl00. BLACK BERRIES Per 24-qt. crate. $2 S5. RASPBERRIES Red, per 24-pt. crate, $2 26: blai-k. per 24-qt. crate. $2 26. t PRICOTS Per 4-basket crate. $1.76. CL RRANT8 Hnie-gTown, while and red. per 24 qts.. $150. MELONS. WATERMELONS-Per lb., lty, or about 3iwi:iec each. CANTE1.0CPE8 California, per crate, about 45 melons. $4.5uii.u; Texas, per crate about 45 melons. $3 60. CIT MEAT PRICES Ribs. Nu 1. 12c; No. 2. loc; No. 3. 8c. I Aim, No. 1, 15c: No. 2. 12y No. $, 11c. Chuck. No. 1. 5V,c; No. 2, 6c: No. 8, 4c. Round. No I. 8W-; No. I. IV; No. 3. 7o. plate. No. 1. 3c; No. 2. 3c; No. 3. 2c. M ISC ELLA NEOCB. CIDER Per Wig. $3 75: per bbl., $4.75. HONEY New. per 24 lbs. $3 60. CHEESE Bwiss. new. ltic; Wisconsin brick, 1-c; Wisconsin limburger, 12c; twins, tHy; Young Americaa. 15c. Nl'TS Walnuts. No. 1 soft shells, new crop, per lb., Is'ac: hard shells, per lb. l.l'V I'ecans, large, per lb., 14c; small, per lb., 12c. Peanuts, per lb.. 6H-.; masted, per lb. 12u. Chill wslnuts. per lb . larriUSc Alinonds, tuft shells, i,r 1U., 17c, baid 240 11c; shells, per lb. or io. . . Board of Trade statement. LONDON, July 7. The June gtatement of the Board of Trade shows Increasea tif $J1. 678. 500 In Imports and $23,2,0!)fl In exports. The principal Increases In Im ports are meat, grain and food, $16,000, 000, and metal manufartnres, $10,000,000. Cotton from America decreased $10,000. 000. The Increase In exports Included new warships. $13,760,000. Tha rest waa in manufactured articles. THIRTEEN A LUCKY NUMBER Another Link In the Romantic Coldea Chain of a Hawaiian Family. Pen of novelist has mrely woven so In teresting a romance as that Involved In the marriage In Davenport. Is., a few days ao of Miss Anna Elisabeth Whiting, niece of Rear Admlra! Whiting, to Albert F. Afong of Honolulu. While his bride 1s thoroughly American, Afong Is the sou of a full-fledged Chinese. Still more unusitnl, however. Is the fact that he has no less than thirteen sisters, three of whom have married Into the American navy, as he may be said to 'have done, and a fourth Into the army. One of these is the wlfo of Resr Admlrsl Whiting, so that by this latfst union she will become the aunt Ss well aa the sister of young Afong. Of the others, one la the wife of Lieu tenant Rlggs of the navy; one of Jame W. Brewster, who served on the cruiser Harvard In the Ppanlfh-Amerlcan war, and a third of Lieutenant Andrew 3. Dougherty of the army. Albert waa the last mem ber of the family remaining unmarried. His courtship, like that of hi sisters, began under the coecanut trees of the Pacific Is land, and th family looks to him for the perpetuation of a name already known In every capital of the world, and especially In the best circle along the Pacific coast For twenty year naval officers have told of the delightful hospitality afforded them In the Afong horn while their ships lay at anchor in Honolulu bay Tourist have come back from Hawaii telling of the gorgeous seml-orlental man si on of Wing Ah Fong the name has since been Americanised and Mrs. Concepclon Ah Fong, who la a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese. Every one who ha been In the islands talks of the charming manner. the brlght-hued gown, the languorous trop leal ballade and the fund of good nature of the highly attractive progeny of Wing Ah Fong. millionaire, of the South Sea. Along about 1838 a young Chinese bearing this nam came with a shipload of his fellow countrymen to Honolulu. He wns unususlly Intelligent and genial, and, with a little capital, soon built up a prosperous business In Chinese crockery, silks and bric-a-brac. In a short time h was tin leading merchant .of Honolulu. He spent money freely and was well liked by while and blacks In the quaint old town. As hi grew In wealth he made love to Concepolon. the daughter of a poor Portuguese Bailor, who had floated into Hawaii. She was what is known as a Kanaka, and there was a strain of English blood in hy. and after their marriage, in I860, it was this strain In her which produced the energy and executive ability by which ahe helped him to gain money. Ah Fong Invested in sugar tan planta tions, and In those times, when such prop erties yielded almost Incredibly large prof its, he became very wealthy. In ten years he was worth more than $300,000 and was adding $36,000 to thla annually. He was careful and prudent, while his business as sociates drowsed and took no heed for the morrow, and he was ceaselessly watching for chances to buy more plantations at cheap prices from the Improvident H wailana. Meanwhile the Ah Fong family circle widened. There were ail children In the home In 1870. a boy and Ave girls. Eight more girl were born there during the next fifteen years. Wing Ah Fong was an Ideal father. He was delighted to see how each child resembled the mother in fscial ex pression, Hs hired servants galore, en larged hi house every few years and thought nothing too good for til bable. He used to find no greater Joy than to get his wife and all his numerous girls Into a great lumbering open carriage' like a Concord coach that he had had built ac cording to hi own Ideas, and, with him self as driver on the front seat, go rolling slowly over the. rnfcd 'about. Honolulu for hbur at a time.- It used to be a mem orable sight to see fowling along any of the Isva made roads In Honolulu Papa Ah Fong. with hia long queue dangling down his bsek, driving in a vehicle containing his entire family circle, all singing, laugh ing and having a good time by themalve. True Chinese that he is. Wing Ah Fong never gsve tip his Idea that the Chines ways of living and doing thing were a little superior to any others. He let hi wife conduct the home and dresa and edu cate the girls as she saw fit, but he took charge of the boy, Albert, and for a long time, while the sisters were fa r bed and trained after th American fashion, h had his head shaved, wore a queue and affected flowing silken garment Ilk those of hi father. Indeed, he and his sister have never been ashamed of their origin, and with their accomplishments, they need not be. All the girl have the tropical love for music and several are excellent singers. Personally, seven of them are noticeably pretty, with black eye and hair, One, Mr. Arthur Johnstone, wife of a promi nent Honolulu merchant, I a deml-blonde, and the combination of her blue eys and dark lashes and hair and her pink and whit complexion make her" th accepted beauty of the family. Several of th Bis ters have their father's tall stature, but th rest are of petite figure. Three hav almond-shaped eyes and nearly ovary on of them has the mother' olive completion and soft, easy mode of speech. Wing Ah Fong waa reputed to bo worth $10,000,000 In 1890. Two year later h left Honolulu and went to China. Ha haa never returned, and the reason for hi Strang act ha always been a mystery to tho out ride world. . j. He (pent month getting Ma enormous business In shape and then saJled away. When month passed and he was still ab sent rumors began to spread and there waa a atory that hs had narrowly escaped se vere punishment for having deserted a wife In China. Mr. All Fong and her daughter kept closely to their home for a long time and never spoke of th subject to out siders. AJter thla period, however, tha hos pitality of the house was resumed and It never waned until the last of th daughters was married New York Herald. Realistic. The book sgent was showing th old farmer one of the '"lx best sellers." "A wonderful book," said the agent gs h turned to the first chapter. "Just listen to this plot: 'There' sn ominous cleud on the sire's brow when he see th lightning flash in the determined eye of hi beauti ful daughter.' " "Great shoots!" ejaculated the old fanner, his Jaw dropping. "Then come the shower of tear. 'But hark! The hero I thundering'" Th old farmer Jumped down front th fence and held up his hand. "One minute, mister," he drawled. "On minute till I put the chickens up and get my umbrella. I swan, that thar book 1 so stormy now." Colu Lfeel like I am gettl bus Dispatch. ng wet you go Not Complimentary. John Henry (Reading Aloud) The fortune left Mr. Bailey, th circus king, amount lo several millions. Mrs. John Henry Why don't Into the circus business. John? John Henry It tske a lot' of capital and experienced partners to start a cir cus. Mrs. John Henry Ha ven't yog got enough for a sideshow T John Henry Do you mesn a show of frssks? Mrs. John Henry Yes. You set tain ly could atart that all si una Closeiiiil Plain Deals.
